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Mina Shum

Seventh Row Editors / June 30, 2020

Ep 46: A conversation between Mina Shum and Philippe Falardeau

This episode highlights a session from our Lockdown Film School with writer-directors Mina Shum and Philippe Falardeau. In it, the two discuss their craft, …

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Mina Shum, Meditation Park, Pei-Pei Cheng

Alex Heeney / March 9, 2018

Mina Shum ‘wanted Maria to receive the Batman treatment’

Canadian director Mina Shum on her unusually uplifting film, Meditation Park, about a middle-aged Chinese immigrant whose life drastically changes after her …

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Ninth Floor

Alex Heeney / September 10, 2015

TIFF15 review: NFB history doc Ninth Floor sheds light on our racial biases

Mina Shum’s taut and accomplished documentary The Ninth Floor is an extremely important film about racial discrimination in Canada. Not only does it retell …

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Alex Heeney / September 2, 2015

TIFF15 interview: Ninth Floor director Mina Shum discusses Canadian racism

Ninth Floor director Mina Shum: In Canada, “We’re racist but we like to apologize about our racism.” Shum discusses Canadian racism and her new …

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